Well, after an unusually difficult start to the new term, a little bonus was finding out I have been awarded "University Teacher of the Year 2017", only tempered by the fact that it was only in the "Foreign Teacher" category and it was a joint win with another teacher (there are only ten foreign teachers!). In total 154 staff won the same award... BUT I STILL WANT A TROPHY!!

For those of you with limited Chinese, it says:

In accordance with the "Notice on the Selection of 2017 Excellent Teachers and Excellent Educators " (School Party Office [2018] No. 54), recommended by the grassroots party committee (party branch, directly affiliated party branch), the school review team review, the following 154 Comrades are commended for the "Excellent Teacher, Excellent Education Worker" in 2017 and are now publicized.List of 69 Excellent teachers to be commended.....[...68 names plus...]Paul John Hider